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RICHMOND, Ky. – The No. 15 FGCU baseball team (26-8 overall, 10-3 ASUN Conference) absorbed its most one-sided loss of the season Friday night, as Eastern Kentucky (14-19, 5-8) earned a 17-6 victory in seven innings at Earle Combs Stadium.
 
The 17 runs allowed was the most by the Eagles this season, as was EKU's five home runs. The two teams play a doubleheader Saturday, with the first game beginning at 3 p.m. Both games will be streamed on ESPN+.
 
FGCU dropped into a tie for first place in the ASUN Conference standings with Lipscomb, a game ahead of Jacksonville State and Stetson.
 
After spotting the Colonels a 2-0 lead in the first inning, FGCU cut the deficit in half in the second when sophomore infielder Jake Mummau (Palm Harbor, Fla./Palm Harbor University HS/St. Petersburg College) belted a solo homer to right – his first of the season, and FGCU's league-leading 78^th home run of 2023.
 
After watching Eastern Kentucky pile on three more runs in the bottom of the third to make it 5-1, FGCU appeared to take control in the fourth. The Eagles scored five runs in the inning, as sophomore outfielder Harrison Povey (Indian Rocks Beach, Fla./Largo HS) ripped an RBI double, graduate outfielder Brian Ellis (Oviedo, Fla./Hagerty HS) hit a two-run single, senior infielder Alejandro Figueredo (Sucre, Venezuela/West Oaks HS/Seminole State) singled in another run, and a fielder's choice RBI finished off the rally.
 
But just as soon as FGCU took a 6-5 lead, it vanished into the cool Kentucky night. EKU's Will King smashed a solo homer and Jalen Jones added a two-run shot to make it 8-6 through four innings, Miguel Larreal and DJ Sullivan each bashed three-run homers for a 14-6 margin through five, and Eagles pitchers walked home the Colonels' final three runs in the sixth to end it – the first time FGCU has been run-ruled so far in 2023.
 
Figueredo and senior designated hitter Joe Kinker (North Port, Fla./Venice HS) each finished with two hits. Ellis extended his unofficial NCAA record for consecutive games safely reaching base to 103.

Chase Alderman earned the pitching victory for Eastern Kentucky, with graduate Max Rippl (Fort Myers, Fla./Southwest Florida Christian Academy/Kent State) taking the loss
 
FGCU expects to start freshman Justin Henschel (Plantation, Fla./South Plantation HS) in Saturday's first game, with EKU set to counter with Rese Brown.
 
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COACH TOLLETT
FGCU coach Dave Tollett currently owns a 697-416-3 overall record (.626) and a 238-132 (.643) record in the ASUN. He is the only head coach in the program's history and led the program to its first trip to the NCAA Tournament in 2017. He is a five-time ASUN Coach of the Year and has guided the Green and Blue to five ASUN Regular Season Championships and one ASUN Tournament Championship. His team has been ranked nationally on several occasions, including as high as No. 9 in the country in 2017, and has coached 63 all-conference selections, 33 draft picks, three current major leaguers, 13 current minor leaguers, four ASUN Pitchers of the Year, four All-Americans, three ASUN Players of the Year, two National Freshman All-Americans, one National Freshman Player of the Year, one National Player of the Year and one seven-time MLB All-Star.
 
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ABOUT FGCU
FGCU teams have combined to win an incredible 97 conference regular season and tournament titles in just 15-plus seasons at the Division I level. Additionally, in just 11-plus seasons of D-I postseason eligibility, the Eagles have had a combined 48 teams or individuals compete in NCAA championships. In 2022, the men's golf team became the first program to earn an at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament. Nine FGCU programs have earned a top-25 national ranking in their respective sport - including women's basketball (No. 20 in 2021-22 and No. 22 in 2022-23), baseball (No. 15 in 2023), beach volleyball (No. 20 in 2022), and both men's soccer (2018, 2019) and women's soccer (2018) as five of the most recent. In 2016-17, the Green & Blue posted a department-best sixth-place finish in the DI-AAA Learfield Directors' Cup and top-100 showing nationally, ahead of several Power-5 and FBS institutions. In 2018-19, the Eagles had an ASUN and state of Florida best seven teams earn the NCAA's Public Recognition Award for their Academic Progress Rate in their sport. FGCU also collectively earned a record 3.67 GPA in the classroom in the fall 2022 semester and has outperformed the general University undergraduate population for 27 consecutive semesters. The past seven semesters (Fall 2019 – Fall 2022) saw another milestone reached as all 15 programs achieved a 3.0-or-higher cumulative team GPA. The Eagles also served an all-time high 7,200 volunteer hours in 2017 - being recognized as one of two runners-up for the inaugural NACDA Community Service Award presented by the Fiesta Bowl.
 
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